Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Meet the Team
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Founders
 
Neale Mansfield was born in California, raised in Arkansas, and has lived in the DFW Metroplex since 1980. Ileana (Ily) was born in Puerto Rico, raised in New Jersey and has lived in the Metroplex since 1994. We are blessed that they both found their ways here.
 

 
Besides her first love, Feed by Grace, Ily works full-time for American Beacon Advisors in Fort Worth and is a Mary Kay Consultant. She has an Associate Degree from Troy State University, a Secretarial Science Degree from Taylor Business Institute and is a proud United States Army Veteran. Her favorite past time is playing dress-up with her granddaughters, doing crafts, teaching Bible studies, spreading God’s joy to her friends at Unity Park and working her Mary Kay business with God as her partner.
Neale has three children and three grandchildren and Ily has one biological son, one heart-born son and three grandchildren. Neale and Ily met in 2001 and married in 2002. The family now proudly consists of five children and six grandchildren. Neale and Ily currently reside in Euless, Texas. 

In 2004, Neale and Ily founded Feed by Grace. They have been honored and privileged to watch as God has grown the ministry into a thriving relational outreach to the homeless of Fort Worth. Neale recently handed over the reins of Executive Director to Kathy LaQuey in order to become a Board member, Men’s Ministry Director, and President of JC’s Crew, the landscape business owned by Feed by Grace.

 

Staff

Executive Director

Kathy LaQuey

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Is a native Texas who has lived most of her life in Arlington.  Her background is in event planning. She has been married to her husband Lynn for 42 years. They have two children, a daughter and a son, both adults. Kathy enjoys flower arranging, Bible study, genealogy, and doing crafts.

 

Office Manager


Amanda Johnston

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Amanda R. Johnston is the office manager for Feed by Grace and JC CREW, INC., our landscape service. She lives in Arlington with her adoring husband, three beautiful children, and two rambunctious dogs. Amanda attends college at The University Texas at Arlington and is our motorcycle momma.

 

Community Liaison


Kelley O’Conan  

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Is a native of Chicago but now calls Texas home. A veteran of the Army, she is a certified paralegal and currently in the Linguistics MA program at UTA. An avid animal lover, she includes two dogs, Garbo and Malone, as part of her family. She loves wearing hats, storytelling, and writing.

Board of Directors

Rusty Peterman

 

Has worked for 30 years with churches.  Now, he spends his days in outreach ministry, serving and interacting with people in the community.  He is married and father to three adult children and “Pops” to three grandkids.  Rev. Peterman enjoys making new friends, adventures, reading, laughing, music, mountains and pecan pie.

Ed Bewley

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Is a retired media executive.  He founded and served as CEO of Audience Research & Development, a Dallas-based firm that provides market research and consulting to local TV stations.  Mr. Bewley lives in Fort Worth and is married and the father of two adult children.  He serves on the Presbyterian Night Shelter Board and is an elder at First Presbyterian Church.

Nancy Bean

 Nancy Bean is mother to three sons who are all happily married and grandmother to four granddaughters and one grandson. Nancy says, “This is the greatest job in the world!” She also practices veterinary medicine at The Cats’ Meow, a feline exclusive hospital that God hand selected for her in 2001.  Nancy has been active at Feed by Grace since 2006.

Ed Palm 

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Ed Palm graduated from the U of T in Austin and then served in the Army Combat Engineers.  He has had a successful career in commercial real estate. Ed has always been active in the church and the community, serving in a variety of diverse roles.  Ed now works part-time for TarrantNet ministries and is active in Big Brothers.  Members of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Ed and his wife Rita have two adult children and one grandson.

John Cayce


 

John Cayce is the former Chief Justice of Texas' Second Court of Appeals. He is currently a partner in the prominent Kelly Hart & Hallman law firm in Fort Worth. John and his wife, Diane, have served in outreach ministry as members of the Hills Church of Christ for more than twenty years, where they established the Marriage Reconciliation ministry. John is also a founder and director of NewDay Services For Children and Families, Inc., a faith-based non-profit organization that works within the Tarrant County court system to help children and families affected by divorce and juvenile crime. In 2009, he received NewDay's first "Community Servant Award" in recognition for his contributions to NewDay's work. John and Diane have two adult daughters and three grandchildren.

Supporters

Feed by Grace is grateful to the many individuals, corporations, and foundations that support our mission.  



We wish to express our gratitude and recommend these generous organizations.

Organizations

bethesdafortworth.org
4700 North Beach Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76137

 
 Bluejeannetworks.com 
4521 S. Hulen Street, 
Suite 210 
Fort Worth, Texas 76109 
Phone:  817-231-0222


fpcfw.org
100 Penn Street
Fort Worth, Texas
76102-3496
817-335-12313
paintpersonality.com 817-233-3857
firstmethodistmansfield.org 777 North Walnut Creek Dr.
Mansfield, Texas 76063
817-477-2287
www.rhchurch.org
6300 NE Loop 820
North Richland Hills, Texas
76180-7899
817-281-0733
www.cfrtexas.com
2320 Cypress Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
817-348-9960

If you are seeking local resources, please click here to see our Local Resources Page

 


Thank you to all businesses that support the homeless and organizations such as Feed by Grace.

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